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The Nagoya Protocol (Compliance) Regulations 2015
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- 2015 No. 821
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2.—(1) The Secretary of State may by notice impose on any person, in relation to a failure to comply with any provision referred to in regulation 8(1) or an offence committed under regulation 13(c) or 14, a requirement to pay a monetary penalty to the Secretary of State in such amount as the notice may determine (“a variable monetary penalty”).
(2) Before doing so, the Secretary of State must be satisfied beyond reasonable doubt that the person has failed to comply with the provision or committed the offence.
(3) A variable monetary penalty may not be imposed on more than one occasion in relation to the same act or omission.
(4) There is no limit to the amount of a variable monetary penalty.
(5) Before serving a notice relating to a variable monetary penalty, the Secretary of State may require the person on whom it is to be served to provide such information as is reasonable to establish the amount of any financial benefit arising as a result of the non-compliance or the offence.
(6) The Secretary of State may recover any variable monetary penalty imposed under this paragraph as if payable under order of the court.
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